tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51652170829817537482018-03-06T08:44:50.007-08:00Matt's WOGEMatt B.noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-50674849673692453922013-05-31T01:11:00.000-07:002013-05-31T01:12:21.195-07:00WOGE 132&nbsp;After a hiatus of nearly one and a half years and through some hints KCB dropped in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/84104363322/">our Facebook group</a> I was finally able to <a href="http://netzschichten.de/2011/08/when-on-google-earth-131/">solve WOGE 131</a>! 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When on Google Earth 132:<br /><br /><br />The rules:<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Q:</b> What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br /><b>A:</b> It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><b>Q:</b> How do you play it?<br /><br /><b>A:</b> Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><br /><b>Q:</b> Who wins?<br /><br /><b>A:</b> The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><br /><b>Q:</b> What does the winner get?<br /><br /><b>A:</b> The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lDdu_wC3oq4/UahaH6ajkTI/AAAAAAAAAG4/6xjvxTpLOjU/s1600/WOGE+132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Know what it is?" border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lDdu_wC3oq4/UahaH6ajkTI/AAAAAAAAAG4/6xjvxTpLOjU/s320/WOGE+132.JPG" title="WOGE 132" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />I won't be able to answer any comments before next monday but after we have waited for so long I doubt that's going to be a problem.Matt B.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-31485166705177726422010-04-21T00:41:00.000-07:002010-04-21T00:58:31.412-07:00WOGE 91As I have correctly identified the site of La Tène over at <a href="http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-on-google-earth-90.html">Theoretical Structural Archaeology</a> here's the new WOGE:<br /><br />The Rules:<br /><br /><br /><br />Q: What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br />A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><br />Q: How do you play it?<br /><br />A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><br /><br />Q: Who wins?<br /><br />A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><br /><br />Q: What does the winner get?<br /><br />A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog! Be the first to correctly identify the site above and its major period of occupation in the comments below and you can host your own!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&amp;gid=84104363322">WOGE on Facebook</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Good Luck!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S86toNBRvAI/AAAAAAAAAFc/b0lvzhxLq_c/WOGE%2091.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462494304248380418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S86toNBRvAI/AAAAAAAAAFc/b0lvzhxLq_c/s400/WOGE+91.jpg" /></a>Matt B.noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-90844707169969884402010-03-04T14:47:00.000-08:002010-03-04T15:01:26.696-08:00WoGE 83I won WoGE 82 over at <a href="http://mooregroup.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/whenonge-82">Moore Group's Blog</a> (By the way: you don't happen to have any of that Bronze Age Beer left over, do you?) because I wanted to procrastinate on more important things.<br /><br />So here's the next installment:<br /><br /><br /><br />The rules:<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> How do you play it?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> Who wins?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What does the winner get?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S5A6lN6aNrI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Y_orAf0l9Ws/WOGE%2083.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444916360555148978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S5A6lN6aNrI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Y_orAf0l9Ws/s400/WOGE+83.jpg" /></a>Matt B.noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-37450474749446754472009-12-06T04:44:00.000-08:002010-02-12T09:04:05.710-08:00WOGE 79Since the person who won <a href="http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-on-google-earth-78.html">WOGE 78</a>, j, hasn't come forward for nearly a month here's WOGE 79.<br /><br /><br />Just to make this clear: I haven't won WOGE 78, I just want the game to keep going.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>The rules:</strong><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Q: </strong>What is When on Google Earth?<br /><strong>A: </strong>It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><strong>Q: </strong>How do you play it?<br /><strong>A: </strong>Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><strong>Q: </strong>Who wins?<br /><strong>A:</strong> The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Q: </strong>What does the winner get?<br /><br /><strong>A: </strong>The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /><br /><br /><br />Here it is, WOGE 79:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SxupWyYL6JI/AAAAAAAAACY/H4Gun0-nuUM/WOGE%2079.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412105586161215634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SxupWyYL6JI/AAAAAAAAACY/H4Gun0-nuUM/s400/WOGE+79.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Have fun and good luck!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As per Alun's suggestion here's a zoomed-out picture. I'm going to continue to zoom out or give hints (in the comments) until someone gets it:<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S3WH-HYq8wI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ryLDGyhNySM/s640/WOGE%2079%20zoomout1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437401626323907330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/S3WH-HYq8wI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ryLDGyhNySM/s320/WOGE+79+zoomout1.jpg" /></a>Matt B.noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-1741690363386222872009-06-23T14:37:00.000-07:002009-06-23T14:57:21.861-07:00When on Google Earth 54<div align="left">I won <a href="http://whenongoogleearth53.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-on-google-earth-53.html">When on Google Earth 53 </a>and am now the third German in a row to host WOGE.<br /><br />Let's see if we can keep it up :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>The rules:</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> How do you play it?<br /><br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> Who wins?<br /><br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What does the winner get?<br /><br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So here it is, WOGE 54:<br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SkFNy8wN-pI/AAAAAAAAABo/9pCOzW02Ow0/s1600-h/WOGE+54.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 221px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350643369990027922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SkFNy8wN-pI/AAAAAAAAABo/9pCOzW02Ow0/s320/WOGE+54.jpg" /> <p align="left"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(click for the bigger picture)</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Have fun and good luck!</p>Matt B.noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-35890892292201036392009-06-20T04:20:00.000-07:002009-06-20T04:32:04.104-07:00When on google Earth 50Having won <a href="http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-on-google-earth-49.html">WOGE 49</a> here's When on Google Earth 50:<br /><br /><br /><br />The Rules:<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> How do you play it?<br /><br />A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> Who wins?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What does the winner get?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /><br /><br /><br />For the anniversary edition I found something easy, something everyone who's been to the site will probably recognize immediately:<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SjzHgBHGaYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/BObqk3iStmM/s1600-h/WOGE+50.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 444px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349369810277263746" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/SjzHgBHGaYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/BObqk3iStmM/s320/WOGE+50.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(click to embiggen)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br />Have fun and good luck!Matt B.noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-44667364904178585822009-05-21T06:51:00.000-07:002009-05-24T10:12:25.874-07:00When on Google Earth 40After having won <a href="http://woge39.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-on-google-earth-39.html">WOGE 39</a> with a lot of help from Andrea's clues (and Wikipedia's "List of ancient Egyptian sites" as well as the fact that it's a bank holiday here in Germany and I had nothing better to do) here is WOGE 40.<br /><br /><br /><br />But first the rules:<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><br /><br /><blockquote><strong>Q:</strong> What is When on Google Earth?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing<br />to have a go!<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> How do you play it?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> Simple, you try to identify the site in the<br />picture.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> Who wins?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The first person to correctly identify the site,<br />including its major period of occupation, wins the game.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Q:</strong> What does the winner get?<br /><br /><strong>A:</strong> The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host<br />the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!<br /></blockquote></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />I don't know whether this will be easy or hard but it's a pretty well known site so I don't expect it to last too long.<br /><br /><br /><br />Here we go:<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/ShVdoNqZQsI/AAAAAAAAAA4/8PnoNijAQ64/s1600-h/WOGE+40.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 491px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 248px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338275878761218754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/ShVdoNqZQsI/AAAAAAAAAA4/8PnoNijAQ64/s320/WOGE+40.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The archaeologically interesting part is the hill directly to the south-east of the modern houses.<br /><br />Have fun and good luck!<br /><br /><br />EDIT:<br /><br /><br />Since nobody has found out yet here's a second picture, courtesy of Windows Live Local.<br /><br /><br />You can see the modern farm better in this one which should allow you to determine the country we're in.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/ShcEqzfiS-I/AAAAAAAAABI/j_OtZaJovQA/s1600-h/WOGE+40+Detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338741016694508514" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uwHQiOcCY7g/ShcEqzfiS-I/AAAAAAAAABI/j_OtZaJovQA/s320/WOGE+40+Detail.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />OK, clues:<br /><br />We're in Northern Europe.<br />The site is a gravefield.<br />The site is very close to the centre of power of the svear kings.Matt B.noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165217082981753748.post-69889519175105013952009-05-21T05:17:00.000-07:002009-05-21T05:44:10.686-07:00IntroductionThis is the blog I use in order to be able to take part in "When on Google Earth", the archaeologist online game. It won't be used for anything else.Matt B.noreply@blogger.com0